To reauthorize the African Growth and Opportunity Act.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill extends the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) - which provides duty-free access to U.S. markets for sub-Saharan African countries - through September 2041. It strengthens eligibility requirements to exclude countries with human rights violations, child soldier recruitment, or religious persecution, and expands benefits to countries that join the African Continental Free Trade Agreement.
Who Benefits and How
Sub-Saharan African exporters benefit from continued and expanded duty-free access to U.S. markets, with particular support for textile and apparel manufacturers. U.S. importers benefit from continued access to African goods. Countries that sign the African Continental Free Trade Agreement gain additional preferential treatment.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Sub-Saharan African countries with human rights violations, corruption, child soldier recruitment, or religious persecution face loss of trade benefits. The President and USTR must conduct more frequent monitoring and reporting on country eligibility. The International Trade Commission must evaluate options for expanding covered articles.
Key Provisions
- Extends AGOA through September 30, 2041
- Adds eligibility requirements for human rights, anti-corruption, and religious freedom
- Creates preferential treatment for African Continental Free Trade Agreement signatories
- Requires biennial Presidential monitoring and quadrennial free trade agreement reports
- Mandates reporting on forced labor in textile imports
Evidence Chain:
This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.
At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Reauthorizes and strengthens the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) through 2041, adding human rights and anti-corruption eligibility requirements, supporting regional supply chains, and promoting trade agreements with sub-Saharan African countries.
Key Policy Areas
International Trade, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Economic Development
Primary Purpose
Reauthorizes and strengthens the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) through 2041, adding human rights and anti-corruption eligibility requirements, supporting regional supply chains, and promoting trade agreements with sub-Saharan African countries.
Policy Domains
AGOA Renewal and Improvement Act
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Sub-Saharan African exporters
- African textile and apparel manufacturers
- U.S. importers of African goods
- AfCFTA signatory countries
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Countries with human rights violations
- Countries using forced labor
- Countries recruiting child soldiers
- USTR and President (monitoring duties)
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Coons (for himself, Mr. Risch, Mr. Young, Mr. Bennet, …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
African Continental Free Trade Agreement signatory countries, Countries recruiting child soldiers, Countries with human rights violations
Positive-direction: African Continental Free Trade Agreement signatory countries, Sub-Saharan African beneficiary countries, Sub-Saharan African countries seeking FTAs
Negative-direction: Countries recruiting child soldiers, Countries with human rights violations, Countries with religious persecution, Sub-Saharan African countries at risk of losing eligibility
Congressional oversight committees, Department of Commerce, Executive branch (President, USTR)
Positive-direction: Congressional oversight committees
Negative-direction: Department of Commerce, Executive branch (President, USTR), Executive branch agencies implementing AGOA, U.S. International Trade Commission, USTR and Executive Office of the President
African exporters in regional supply chains, African exporters of non-covered products, U.S. importers of African goods
African textile exporters using forced labor, African textile exporters with clean supply chains
Positive-direction: African textile exporters with clean supply chains
Negative-direction: African textile exporters using forced labor
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "ustr"
- → United States Trade Representative
- "the_president"
- → President of the United States
- "the_commission"
- → United States International Trade Commission
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
A country that has signed and ratified the African Continental Free Trade Agreement and meets AGOA eligibility requirements
A country designated by the President as meeting eligibility requirements for duty-free treatment under AGOA
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